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VENDING APPARATUS. N0. 401,891. Patented Apr. 23, 1889.

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\VILLIAM LANG, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

VENDING APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters .Efatent No. 401,891, dated April23, 1889. Application filed January 30, 1889- serial No. 298,054- (Nomodel.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that LWILLIAM LANG, of Brooke lyn, in the county of Kingsand State of New York, a citizen of the United States, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Vending Apparatus, of which thefollowing is a specification. V

This invention relates to certain improve ments in the vending apparatusfor which Letters Patent were granted to Henry Bailey, No. 394,904,dated December 18, 1888, said improvements being designed with a view tosecure the more reliable working of the releasing mechanism and preventthe tampering with the releasing mechanism and the delivery of themerchandise from the apparatus without a proper equivalent; and theinvention consists, in a vending apparatus, of the combination of amerchandise-delivery slide having a locking-bar attached thereto, atilting locking-lever that is actuated by a coin dropped into one end ofthe same, so as to be released from said locking-bar, and an auxiliaryfulcrumed and weighted lever that is actuated by the-pressure of thecoin on its outer end in connection with a fixed incline above said end,so that the auxiliary lockinglever is released from the locking-bar bythe action of the incline and coin on the auxiliary lever, so as toproduce the release of said locking-bar and permit of the outward motionof the merchandise-delivery slide.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1] represents a verticallongitudinal section of my improved vending apparatus. Fig. 2 is a sideelevation of the locking-levers of the de-' livery mechanism, showingthe same in normal position ready for the dropping of the coin; and Fig.3 is a vertical longitudinal section of the delivery mechanism with thecoinchute and locking-levers, showing the parts in position after theywere actuated by the coin and the delivery-slide pulled out.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

Referring to the drawings, a represents a merchandise feeding anddelivery chute, which is arranged in the upper part of theinclosing-case A of the vending apparatus. The lower end of thedelivery-chute a terminates above a recessed shifting-block, b, at therear end of the merchandise-delivery slide B, which latter is guided inways of the casing A, connected by a pin with the shifting-block b, andextended through a slot at the front of the same to the outside, so asto be taken hold of for pulling out the delivery-slide B. The slide B isprovided with a slot, 1), below the coin chute C, so that a coin whichis dropped into the coin-chute can pass from the bottom opening, 19 ofthe coin-chute through the opening I) of the delivery-slide B onto thefront end of a primary locking lever, D, whichis fulcrumed to fixed lugsd at the inside of the casing, as shown clearly in Figs. 1 and 2.

The front end of the 'fulcrumed locking-lever D is preferably providedwith two studs, (1', between which the actuating-coin is re tained, theweight of said coin producing the tilting of the locking-lever D, sothat the latter clears recessed keeper (1 attached to a locking-bar, B,attached to the under side of the rear part of the merchandise-deliveryslide B.

When the locking-lever D is tilted by the coin received at its frontend, the rear end of the locking-lever D is lifted clear of the keeperof the locking-bar B, so that the slide B can be pulled forward againstthe tension of a spiral spring, B which is attached to a fixed pin atthe rear part of the casing and to a piv oted lever-arm, B that presseson a laterallyprojecting pin, d of the locking-bar B.

To prevent tampering with the locking-lever D by the insertion of aWire, so the merchandise-delivery slide could be operated without theproper equivalent, an auxiliary locking-lever, E, is arranged below theprimary locking-lever D, fulcrumed to fixed lugs e of the casing, andprovided at the front end with guide-pins e, for receiving the coin fromthe primary locking-lever D. The rear part of the auxiliarylocking-lever E is forked, the

lever D by the slot of the slide B onto the front end of the auxiliarylocking-lever E, and to exert a positive downward pressure on the frontend of said lever, so as to tilt the same and lift its upper rear endabove the keeper f of the locking-bar B; so that the deliveryslide B canbe moved forward without being arrested by the stops or keepers d and f.The merchandise on the recessed block b at the rear part of thedelivery-slide is thereby carried from the delivery-chute of the casingto the outside of the apparatus. When the delivery-slide has been drawnout to its full length, the coin is dropped into the lower part of thevending apparatus and the delivery-slide prevented from being returnedby the frictional action of the oscillating and spring-actuated arm onthe lateral pin of the lockingbar B until, upon slightly pushing thedelivery-slide back, the oscillating arm and spring act on the lateralpin of the locking-bar and move the delivery-slide quickly in back-warddirection to its normal position in the apparatus.

As soon as the coin is dropped and the delivery-slide returned to itsnormal position, the locking-levers are tilted back into their normalposition by their heavier rear ends, they being then in a position forthe next operation on the dropping of another coin.

The auxiliary locking-lever secures the reliable working of the vendingapparatus and prevents any tampering with the same, as even in case thefirstlocking-lever be released by some means the auxiliarylocking-lever, which requires a positive action, could not be releasedby any outside influence, as the delivery-slide, having been movedforward, prevents any access to the auxiliary locking-lever through thecoin-chute.

Another advantage is that only a coin of the required diameter canrelease the auxiliarylocking-lever,so that worthless metaldisks I as newand desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. In a vending apparatus, thecombination of a merchandise-delivery slide having a slot for droppingthe coin, a primary locking-lever, a lockingbar on said delivery-slidehaving a stop or keeper for the primary lockinglever, an auxiliaryweighted locking-lever, a stop or keeper on the locking-bar for thelatter, and a fixed incline above the front end of the auxiliarylocking-lever adjoining the bottom opening of the coin-chute,substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, in a vending apparatus, of a merchandise-deliveryslide having a slot for the passage of the coin, a coinchute above saidslot, a fulcrumedand weighted locking-lever, a locking-bar attached tothe deli'veryslide and provided with a stop or keeper for saidlocking-lever, and a fixed incline arranged vertically above the frontend of the locking-lever and adjoiningthebottom opening of thecoin-chute, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim theforegoing-as my invention I have signed myname in presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

WVILLI'AM LANG.

Witnesses PAUL GoEPEL, MARTIN PE'rRY.

